Romney camp wants Obama to denounce Biden's 'slanderous' remark

8/14/12 1:28 PM EDT

The Romney campaign is reacting harshly to Vice President Joe Biden's accusation that Mitt Romney and Wall Street will put Americans "back in chains."

“After weeks of slanderous and baseless accusations leveled against Governor Romney, the Obama Campaign has reached a new low," press secretary Andrea Saul said in a statement. "The comments made by the Vice President of the United States are not acceptable in our political discourse and demonstrate yet again that the Obama Campaign will say and do anything to win this election. President Obama should tell the American people whether he agrees with Joe Biden’s comments.”

Biden, speaking at a rally in Virginia on Tuesday, said: "[Romney] said in the first hundred days, he's going to let the big banks write their own rules — unchain Wall Street. They're going to put y'all back in chains."